Charles Goodnight LbNA #23631 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Location: | Palo Duro Canyon State Park |
| City: | Canyon |
| County: | Randall |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | lionsmane |
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| Last found: | Mar 9, 2011 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jul 6, 2006 |
Placed by LittleLeisa
This box is located in Palo Duro Canyon- see park information after clues. Camping, outdoor theatre, and horse back tours are also available in the canyon.
Charles Goodnight, born in 1836, moved to Texas at age 10 and began his cattle business at age 20. He fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War and served with the Texas Rangers. His cattle trail spread from the Texas plains to Alamogordo Creek, New Mexico, up to Granada, Colorado. His ranch in Texas, near Palo Duro Canyon, consisted of more than a million acres of land and 100,000 head of cattle. He cross bred Texas Longhorns and Hereford cattle and crossed a buffalo with cattle to produce a "cattalo." He was one of the most prosperous cattlemen in the American west. He passed away in 1929 at Goodnight, TX which was named after him. (www.pbs.org)
Clues: Find the pull off from the canyon road for the Goodnight dugout. take the paved trail to the dugout. Early pioneers actually lived in these similar structures! Take the trail to the left of the dugout to see the roof. Watch out for devil's rope! (barbed wire) With the rooftop to your right, go left 12 paces on the trail. To your right, at the base of a mesquite bush and dead tree is the letterbox. You might use a stick to uncover rocks--there are snakes in this area. Please recover well.
Park information: 1-800-792-1112
Fees: $4.00 per person/day ages 13 and up
free for kids 12yrs old and younger
Special prices for TX state parks pass holders and TX parklands passport holders (Bluebonnet pass)
The park is open 7 days/week all year
gate hours (Nov-Feb 8am-5pm) (Mar-Oct 8am-10pm)
To get there, take Hwy 217 east of Canyon 12miles, or from Amarillo, TX, take I-27 south to Hwy 217, then Hwy 217 east 8 miles.
This box is located in Palo Duro Canyon- see park information after clues. Camping, outdoor theatre, and horse back tours are also available in the canyon.
Charles Goodnight, born in 1836, moved to Texas at age 10 and began his cattle business at age 20. He fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War and served with the Texas Rangers. His cattle trail spread from the Texas plains to Alamogordo Creek, New Mexico, up to Granada, Colorado. His ranch in Texas, near Palo Duro Canyon, consisted of more than a million acres of land and 100,000 head of cattle. He cross bred Texas Longhorns and Hereford cattle and crossed a buffalo with cattle to produce a "cattalo." He was one of the most prosperous cattlemen in the American west. He passed away in 1929 at Goodnight, TX which was named after him. (www.pbs.org)
Clues: Find the pull off from the canyon road for the Goodnight dugout. take the paved trail to the dugout. Early pioneers actually lived in these similar structures! Take the trail to the left of the dugout to see the roof. Watch out for devil's rope! (barbed wire) With the rooftop to your right, go left 12 paces on the trail. To your right, at the base of a mesquite bush and dead tree is the letterbox. You might use a stick to uncover rocks--there are snakes in this area. Please recover well.
Park information: 1-800-792-1112
Fees: $4.00 per person/day ages 13 and up
free for kids 12yrs old and younger
Special prices for TX state parks pass holders and TX parklands passport holders (Bluebonnet pass)
The park is open 7 days/week all year
gate hours (Nov-Feb 8am-5pm) (Mar-Oct 8am-10pm)
To get there, take Hwy 217 east of Canyon 12miles, or from Amarillo, TX, take I-27 south to Hwy 217, then Hwy 217 east 8 miles.